Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Indeed, for forty years You sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing,
Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.
New American Standard Bible
Their clothes did not wear out, nor did their feet swell.
King James Version
Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
Holman Bible
and they lacked nothing.
Their clothes did not wear out,
and their feet did not swell.
International Standard Version
You sustained them in the wilderness for 40 years. They lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.
A Conservative Version
Yea, forty years thou sustained them in the wilderness, [and] they lacked nothing; their clothes did not grow old, and their feet did not swell.
American Standard Version
Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
Bible in Basic English
Truly, for forty years you were their support in the waste land, and they were in need of nothing; their clothing did not get old or their feet become tired.
Darby Translation
Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing; their clothes grew not old, and their feet swelled not.
Julia Smith Translation
And forty years thou didst nourish them in the desert; they wanted not; their garments fell not away, and their feet swelled not
King James 2000
Yea, forty years did you sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes grew not old, and their feet swelled not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Forty years you sustained them in the desert--they were not in need. Their clothing did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
Modern King James verseion
And forty years You sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing; their clothes did not become old, and their feet did not swell.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Forty years long madest thou provision for them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing: their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
NET Bible
For forty years you sustained them. Even in the desert they never lacked anything. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
New Heart English Bible
"Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes did not grow old, and their feet did not swell.
The Emphasized Bible
Yea, forty years, didst thou sustain them in the desert, they lacked nothing, - their mantles, waxed not old and, their feet, swelled not.
Webster
Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes grew not old, and their feet swelled not.
World English Bible
"Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes didn't grow old, and their feet didn't swell.
Youngs Literal Translation
and forty years Thou hast nourished them in a wilderness; they have not lacked; their garments have not worn out, and their feet have not swelled.
Themes
Clothing » Of the israelites, did not become old
journey of israel through the Desert » Their clothing preserved during
Ingratitude to God » Punishment of
Interlinear
Shaneh (in pl. only),
Kuwl
Chacer
Balah
Regel
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Nehemiah 9:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Nation Confesses
20
“You [also] gave Your good Spirit to instruct them,
You did not withhold Your manna from their mouth,
And You gave them water for their thirst.
“Indeed, for forty years You sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing,
Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.
“You also gave them kingdoms and peoples,
And You allotted the kingdoms to them as a boundary.
So they took possession of the land of Sihon king of Heshbon
And the land of Og king of Bashan.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 2:7
For the Lord your God has blessed you in all
Deuteronomy 8:4
Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your feet swell these forty years.
Exodus 16:35
The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they reached an inhabited land; they ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
Numbers 14:33-34
Your sons shall be wanderers and shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness (spiritual infidelity), until your corpses are consumed in the wilderness.
Deuteronomy 8:2
And you shall remember [always] all the ways which the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart (mind), whether you would keep His commandments or not.
Deuteronomy 29:5
I have led you in the wilderness forty years; your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn out on your feet.
Psalm 34:10
The young lions lack [food] and grow hungry,
But they who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing.
Amos 5:25
“Did you bring Me sacrifices and grain offerings during those forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? [Certainly not!]
Acts 13:18
For a period of about forty years He put up with their behavior in the wilderness.